Includes bibliographical references.

Scaffolding as Catalyst -- Hoping for the Best as AI Evolves -- Artificial Intelligence for Materials Discovery -- AI Rewrites Coding -- And the Computer Plays Along -- ACM Publications Finances for 2021 -- Contracting for Artificial Intelligence -- All Sliders to the Right -- Improving Section 230, Preserving Democracy, and Protecting Free Speech -- Where Is the Research on Cryptographic Transition and Agility? -- Cyber Efficiency and Cyber Resilience -- Faculty Can Save Lives of the Elderly -- OCCAM-v2: Combining Static and Dynamic Analysis for Effective and Efficient Whole-Program Specialization -- OSS Supply-Chain Security: What Will It Take? -- Protecting Autonomous Cars from Phantom Attacks -- Eight Reasons to Prioritize Brain-Computer Interface Cybersecurity -- Mechanical Mathematicians -- Technical Perspective: On Abstractions and Embedded Networks -- Symbol-Synchronous Buses: Deterministic, Low-Latency Wireless Mesh Networking with LEDs -- Cooperation in the Commons.

[Article Title: Scaffolding as Catalyst/ Vinton G. cerf, p. 5]

https://doi.org/10.1145/3586159

[Article Title: Hoping for the Best as AI Evolves/ Gary Marcus, p. 6-7]

https://doi.org/10.1145/3583078

[Article Title: Artificial Intelligence for Materials Discovery/ Don Monroe, p. 9-11]

Abstract: Finding novel materials needs more than pure machine learning.

https://doi.org/10.1145/3583080

[Article Title: AI Rewrites Coding/ Samuel Greengard, p. 12-14]

Abstract: Even as software grows increasingly complex, artificial intelligence helps to simplify and automate coding tasks.

https://doi.org/10.1145/3583083

[Article Title: … And the Computer Plays Along/ Esther Shein, p. 15-17]

Abstract: Software can improvise on the spot to accompany the performance of live musicians.

https://doi.org/10.1145/3583082

[Article Title: ACM Publications Finances for 2021/ Wendy Hall, Divesh Srivastava and Scott E. Delman, p. 18-19]

https://doi.org/10.1145/3586184

[Article Title: Contracting for Artificial Intelligence/ Mari Sako, p. 20-23]

Abstract: Considering the promises and perils of contracting for the use of artificial intelligence tools and data.

https://doi.org/10.1145/3584707

[Article Title: All Sliders to the Right/ George V. Neville-Neil, p. 24-25]

Abstract: Hardware overkill.

https://doi.org/10.1145/3584711

[Article Title: Improving Section 230, Preserving Democracy, and Protecting Free Speech/ Marshall Van Alstyne, Michael D. Smith and Herbert Lin, p. 26-28]

Abstract: Proposing a framework for a decentralized market where no one party controls the flow of information.

https://doi.org/10.1145/3584710

[Article Title: Where Is the Research on Cryptographic Transition and Agility?/ David Ott, Kenny Paterson and Dennis Moreau, p. 29-32]

Abstract: Gaps facing the industry as quantum safe algorithms move closer to standardization.

https://doi.org/10.1145/3567825

[Article Title: Cyber Efficiency and Cyber Resilience/ Igor Linkov, Alexandre Ligo, Kelsey Stoddard, Beatrice Perez, Andrew Strelzoffx, Emanuele Bellini and Alexander Kott, p. 33-37]

Abstract: Complementary objectives competing for the same resources.

https://doi.org/10.1145/3549073

[Article Title: Faculty Can Save Lives of the Elderly/ David A. Patterson, p. 38]

Abstract: A unique viewpoint on risks to senior citizens from academia.

https://doi.org/10.1145/3555368

[Article Title: OCCAM-v2: Combining Static and Dynamic Analysis for Effective and Efficient Whole-Program Specialization/ Jorge A. Navas and Ashish Gehani, p. 40-47]

Abstract: Leveraging scalable pointer analysis, value analysis, and dynamic analysis.

https://doi.org/10.1145/3583112

[Article Title: OSS Supply-Chain Security: What Will It Take?/ Maya Kaczorowski, Falcon Momot, George Neville-Neil and Chris McCubbin, p. 48-54]

Abstract: A discussion with Maya Kaczorowski, Falcon Momot, George Neville-Neil, and Chris McCubbin

https://doi.org/10.1145/3583119

[Article Title: Protecting Autonomous Cars from Phantom Attacks/ Ben Nassi, Yisroel Mirsky, Jacob Shams, Raz Ben-Netanel, Dudi Nassi and Yuval Elovici, p. 56-69]

Abstract: Enabling object detectors to better distinguish between real and fake objects in semi-autonomous and fully autonomous vehicles.

https://doi.org/10.1145/3552308

[Article Title: Eight Reasons to Prioritize Brain-Computer Interface Cybersecurity/ Sergio López Bernal, Alberto Huertas Celdrán and Gregorio Martínez Pérez, p. 68-78]

Abstract: Defining and analyzing the impact of cyberattacks on novel generations of BCIs.

Defining and analyzing the impact of cyberattacks on novel generations of BCIs.

[Article Title: Mechanical Mathematicians/ Alexander Bentkamp, Jasmin Blanchette, Visa Nummelin, Sophie Tourret, Petar Vukmirović and Uwe Waldmann, p. 80-90]

Abstract: A new generation of automatic theorem provers eliminate bugs in software and mathematics.

https://doi.org/10.1145/3557998

[Article Title: Technical Perspective: On Abstractions and Embedded Networks/ Luca Mottola, p. 92]

https://doi.org/10.1145/3583753

[Article Title: Symbol-Synchronous Buses: Deterministic, Low-Latency Wireless Mesh Networking with LEDs/ Jonathan Oostvogels, Fan Yang, Sam Michiels and Danny Hughes, p. 93-101]

Abstract: Latency-sensitive applications for the Internet of Things often require performance guarantees that contemporary wireless networks fail to offer. The cause of this shortcoming lies in the inherent complexity and inefficiency of networking abstractions such as routing, medium access control, and store-and-forward packet switching, which coordinate multiple nodes across a wireless network. This research highlight describes a novel networking paradigm that aims to enable a new class of latency-sensitive applications by systematically breaking these abstractions. The paradigm, referred to as a symbol-synchronous bus, has nodes that concurrently transmit optical signals and thus delivers a wireless mesh network with a performance envelope resembling that of a wired bus in terms of deterministic latency and throughput. A physical prototype, called ZERO-WIRE, confirms that symbol-synchronous buses unlock a novel end-to-end performance envelope for wireless mesh networks: our 25-node test bed achieves 19kbps of contention-agnostic goodput, latency under 1 ms for two-byte frames across four hops, jitter on the order of 10μs of (is, and a base reliability of 99%. These early results suggest a bright future for the under-explored area of optical wireless mesh networks in delivering ubiquitous connectivity through a low-complexity physical layer.

https://doi.org/10.1145/3583762

[Article Title: Cooperation in the Commons/ Dennis Shasha, p. 104]

Abstract: Seeking a solution to a bovine calculation situation.

https://doi.org/10.1145/3584697